Only through personal advocacy and involvement can we truly make a difference. Luckily, decent, altruistic people work within the current system to effect change. Karen Jolly is an advocate in the Colorado community. She is the founder and a board member of the nonprofit Dismas Houses, a transitional home for recovering addicts located in Colorado Springs. Her voice needs to be heard in our present cultural climate. Deen: Why did you
The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was implemented to remove government restrictions on the airline industry with regard to schedules, fares, and routes by allowing the airline companies to compete more effectively in the free market. History now shows that it has had the opposite effect on the industry. By 1983, Frank Lorenzo and his Texas Air Group had acquired Continental Airlines, a legacy carrier that had been operating since
The White Power Movement (WPM) is progressive, fueled by pseudo-politics, and incredibly widespread. Its members are easily written off as an oddly opinionated and confused group, especially by those who don’t want to be stereotyped as racists. But it’s a vast territory intertwined into the belief system of millions of white Americans. The comments used from Stormfront.org, the White Pride World Wide community site, are as good a starting point
The line drawn in the sand separating two political views had something to do with Obama’s 2012 win, but not everything. While the Democratic Left proposed to protect entitlements with tax increases on the wealthy, the Republican Party still declared tax and budget cuts to be the answer. Obama didn’t really have to take a big stance against anything since the GOP’s outrageous past and current behavior kept the popularity ball on
For centuries, codes have been used to maintain secrecy, especially during military operations. The ability (or inability) to decipher these codes often meant the difference between victory and defeat. Over the centuries, some codes have gained a reputation for being unbreakable, such as the Navajo Code used during the Pacific Theater battles of World War II. Now, another code can be added to this list — one found attached to a pigeon’s
